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FIGURE
3-24
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 20 Feet....................................................................... 3-48
3-25
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 25 Feet........................................................................3-49
3-26
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 30 Feet........................................................................ 3-49
3-27
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 35 Feet........................................................................3-50
3-28
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 40 Feet........................................................................3-50
3-29
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 45 Feet........................................................................ 3-51
3-30
Forecasting Curves for Shallow-Water Waves; Constant
Depth = 50 Feet........................................................................ 3-51
3-31
Typical Hurricane Wave Spectra ............................................................
3-53
3-32
Composite Wave Charts...................................................................................3-55
3-33
Pressure and Wind Distribution in Model Hurricane...................3-57
3-34
Isolines of Relative Significant Wave Height for Slow
Moving Hurricane .................................................................... 3-59
3-35
Relationship for Friction Loss Over a Bottom of
Constant Depth ........................................................................
3-64
3-36
Typical Tide Curves Along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts .... 3-72
3-37
Typical Tide Curves Along Pacific Coasts of the United
States............................................................................................................. 3-73
3-38 Sample Tsunami Records from Tide Gages...........................................3-75
3-39
Typical Water Level Variations in Lake Erie................................. 3-77
3-40
Long-Wave Surface Profiles ...................................................................... 3-79
3-41 Storm Surge and Observed Tide Chart.................................................... 3-86
3-42
High Water Mark Chart for Texas, Hurricane Caria,
7-12 September 1961...............................................................3-88
3-43 Notation and Reference Frame .................................................................. 3-93
3-44 Storm Surge Chart............................................................................................. 3-98
3-45
Schematic of Forces and Responses for Bathystrophic
Approximation............................................................................ 3-102
3-46 Various Setup Components Over the Continental Shelf. . . . 3-107
3-47
Track for Hurricane Camille, August 1969 ......................................
3-110
3-48
Foot Surface Isovels (knots), Hurricane Camille,
August 1969.................................................................................................... 3-111
3-49 Seabed Profile Used for Hurricane Camille, August 1969 . . 3-114
3-50
Open Coast Surge Hydrograph, Hurricane Camille,
August 1969...................................................................................................
3-118
3-51 Preliminary Estimate of Peak Surge....................................................3-119
3-52 Shoaling Factors on Gulf Coast............................................................. 3-121
3-53 Shoaling Factors on East Coast............................................................. 3-122
3-54 Correction Factor for Storm Motion .................................................... 3-123
3-55
Comparison of Observed and Computed Peak Surges (for 43
Storms with a Landfall South of New England from
1893 - 1957)............................................................................................... 3-124
3-56
Surge Profile Along Coast Hurricane Camille,
August 1969................................................................................ 3-127
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